International

The Arab Spring ten years on

Its lessons and legacy.

Marcel Rajecky  ·  07 February 2021

Bangladesh: Pandemic wreaks havoc on hyper-exploited garment workers

Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs.

Mel Astbury  ·  07 February 2021

Motorcades against Bolsonaro

Motorcades won't bring down the Bolsonaro government. But a united front of resistance can.

Liga Socialista  ·  02 February 2021

The house always wins: What we can learn from the GameStop stock war

The war between Wall Street and Reddit shows you cannot defeat the capitalists at their own game.

Rob Schofield  ·  02 February 2021

The pandemic in Palestine

Israeli discrimination in vaccine distribution

Dave Brody  ·  24 January 2021

Imperialist countries’ hoarding of vaccine risks prolonging the pandemic

Wealthiest countries hoarding vaccines.

Rebecca Anderson  ·  24 January 2021

European Court of Human Rights rules Israel boycotts are freedom of expression

Boycott, divestment and sanctions

Joe Crathorne  ·  24 January 2021

Pakistan: Down with state repression! International solidarity with Kashmir!

Major Pakistani police operation against Kashmiris.

Workers Power  ·  13 January 2021

Trump accelerates new scramble for Africa in the Western Sahara

Support the right to self-determination for the Sahrawi people!

Urte March  ·  13 January 2021

Can India’s class struggle overcome communitarian divides?

Against racism and neoliberalism.

Rebecca Anderson  ·  10 January 2021

2020: A year of reaction and resistance

The year in revolutionary review

Workers Power  ·  31 December 2020

India: Farmers’ march sparks new mass movement against Modi

By Imran Javiad Hundreds of thousands of farmers from all over India started the Delhi Chalo (Let us go to Delhi) March on November 25 at the behest of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, which consists of 300 farmers’ organisations. The march is supported by rural labourers, transportation workers and important sectors for […]

Workers Power  ·  21 December 2020

EU averts fresh crisis with budget compromise

By Jürgen Roth After weeks of wrangling with Poland and Hungary, the German Council presidency just managed to avoid the EU’s next looming disaster. On Thursday, December 10, 2020, the European Council summit, the meeting of European heads of state and government, agreed on a compromise. The budget with multi-annual financial framework for the years […]

Workers Power  ·  18 December 2020

France: down with the ‘security’ laws and police impunity!

By Marc Lassalle – PARIS The second wave of the pandemic, combined with a second month-long lockdown, are certainly far from the best conditions to organise a fight back against President Emmanuel Macron’s draconian new global security law. However, his government is suddenly being confronted with major resistance: more than one hundred thousand marched on […]

Workers Power  ·  30 November 2020

Thailand: government wavers… how to overthrow it?

#WhyDoWeNeedAKing

Robert Teller  ·  25 November 2020

Expiring Trump Administration declares Israeli land grabs “legal”

Mike Pompeo gives the green light to Israeli settlements.

Dave Stockton  ·  24 November 2020

The Q conundrum

Crisis and conspiracy.

Mel Astbury  ·  15 November 2020

Pakistan: International solidarity with missing IMT member

International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International The League for the Fifth International sends internationalist solidarity to the International Marxist Tendency whose member, Amar Fayaz, was whisked away by cops and armed men in plain clothes in the early hours of November 9. The abduction took place in Jamshoro, Sindh, which is located near the […]

Workers Power  ·  13 November 2020

Nigeria: Youth rise up in #EndSARS revolt

By Bernie McAdam On October 7, a mass revolt of Nigerian youth was triggered after a video showing police officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, killing a teenager went viral. The guy who took the video was arrested and mass mobilisations in the streets ensued, using the hashtag #END SARS. The police used tear […]

Workers Power  ·  12 November 2020

Lesbos: The migrant crisis is a humanitarian crisis

Refugees still stranded on Lesbos.

George Banks  ·  10 November 2020

US Elections: Democrat president, divided congress

International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Joe Biden looks certain to be the next President of the USA but, despite a record turnout of some 160 million voters, this was no “blue tidal wave”. On the contrary, the Democratic party failed to win the Senate and even lost seats in the House of Representatives. […]

Workers Power  ·  06 November 2020

Bolivia’s Election: The defeat of the 2019 Coup

The Bolivian working class and indigenous peoples must ensure their electoral victory doesn't end in class collaboration.

Liga Socialista  ·  04 November 2020

Chile: Mass movement wins constitutional convention

From protests to the referendum and beyond.

Chris Clough  ·  04 November 2020

Election Day: US democracy faces crisis of legitimacy

Millions of US citizens vote today in an election which the whole world is watching.

Workers Power  ·  03 November 2020

End Britain’s colonisation of the Chagos Islands

Return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Chris Clough  ·  01 November 2020

Poland: Mass protests and strikes against abortion ban

Mass protests in Poland for abortion rights.

Aventina Holzer and Martin Suchanek  ·  01 November 2020

Austria: Local elections in Vienna and a new Left organisation

By Workers’ Standpoint, Austrian section of the League for the Fifth International In the recent local elections in Vienna, the biggest city in Austria with about one third of the country’s population, our Austrian section was part of a new left election project called LINKS (German for “left”). These elections, although only regional, are comparatively […]

Workers Power  ·  23 October 2020

Belarus protests at an impasse after ten weeks

Anti-regime protests in Belarus are continuing for a tenth week, but the regime has consolidated control with the help of the police and military.

Urte March  ·  21 October 2020

1920: the Irish war of independence

100 year anniversary.

Bernie McAdam  ·  15 October 2020

Colombia: authoritarianism in the pandemic

Protests in Colombia met with police violence

J. Garcia  ·  21 September 2020

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